Ethanol withdrawal is accompanied by downregulation of calcium channel alpha 1B subunit in rat inferior colliculus neurons

Brain Research

Volumn 1108, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 216-220

  N'Gouemo, Prosper ^a   Yasuda, Robert P ^a   Morad, Martin ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol (ethanol); Ethanol withdrawal; High voltage activated calcium channel; Protein; Rat inferior colliculus; Subunit

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CALCIUM CHANNEL N TYPE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOWN REGULATION; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; WITHDRAWAL SEIZURE;

ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, N-TYPE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOWN-REGULATION; INFERIOR COLLICULI; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33747760360     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.06.028     Document Type: Article

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